Glenn A. Knoblock

African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evidence of the early history of African Americans in New England is found in the many old cemeteries and burial grounds in the region, often in hidden or largely forgotten locations. This unique work covers the burial sites of African Americans--both enslaved and free--in each of the New England states, and uncovers how they came to their final resting places. The lives of well known early African Americans are discussed, including Venture Smith and Elizabeth Freeman, as well as the lives of many ordinary individuals--military veterans, business men and women, common laborers and children. The author's examination of burial sites and grave markers reveals clues that help document the lives of black New Englanders from the 1640s to the early 1900s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470112
• ISBN-10: 0786470119
• Artikelnr.: 42026014

Autorenporträt

Author and lecturer Glenn A. Knoblock is the top military contributor to the Harvard/Oxford University Press eight volume African-American National Biography (2008). He lives in Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One-African American Life and Funerary Customs in New England
I. The Enslaved in Colonial New England
II. The Free Black Experience in New England
III. African American Funeral and Burial Customs
IV. Together Yet Separate; Characteristics of African American Burial Sites
V. African American Grave Markers
VI. Preservation Challenges and Recovery and Remembrance Initiatives
Part Two-Significant African American Burial Sites
I. Connecticut
II. Rhode Island
III. Massachusetts
IV. New Hampshire
V. Vermont
VI. Maine
Bibliography
Index